This year’s parade attendees belong to a much younger generation than the one who was systematically abused and beaten up by police in the 1960s. This year, the New York State gay parade also celebrated the first anniversary of marriage equality as well as what it seems like great progress in LGBT rights as prominent politicians – including New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the President of the United States himself – had voiced their support to the cause.įollowing, 7 ways in which things have changed for the LGBT community on the 43rd anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots. The Stonewall riots, named after Christopher Street’s emblematic gay bar, marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement and have been celebrated ever since with “pride marches” across the country and around the world. Last Sunday, New York’s LGBT community celebrated another anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots when gay, lesbians and transgender individuals fought back police’s abuse and persecution.
